Join QUUF high school-aged youth as they explore the seventh principle of Unitarian Universalism: “respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part” and what it means for them through story, song, insight and imagination. Click here to listen to the reading and sermon. Click here to read the reading … Continue reading Interconnected Web of Life (Youth Service)
This service, co-led led by Kate Lore and Bertram Gulhaugen, lifts up the voices of black poets and the sublime musical offerings of John Hansen (piano), Cecilia Hayes (voice), and Larry Jones (drums) from Seattle.
Pro-science, pro-future activists, Rev. Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow, share gems of wisdom from a wide range of thought leaders, young and old, participating in their new podcast series, “Post-doom: regenerative conversations exploring overshoot grief, grounding, and gratitude.” Click here to listen to the readings and sermon from the first service. Click here to listen … Continue reading Finding Meaning in the Dark
In this uplifting and spirited service, three QUUF members will share their favorite quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. and its relevance in their lives. Click here to listen to the reading and sermon. Click here to read the reading and sermon.
Out of the stars in their flight, out of the dust of eternity, here have we come, stardust and sunlight, mingling through time and through space. We will celebrate Darwin’s 211th birthday today by exploring his revolutionary idea that consciousness in human form is an outcome of millions of improbable events.
When we lose someone dear to us through death or separation, the fabric of life feels deeply torn. It may continue to feel torn for a long time. Yet, as we inch forward, we inevitably begin to weave new patterns. Today’s service will focus us upon this process with poetry, prose and song.
Entangled by the search for truth, solutions, and justice in our world, we may quest to get to the bottom of the issues and find ourselves in a pit. At the turning of the year, let us remember this radical, life-giving hopelessness: surrender and return home to our souls. Click here to listen to the … Continue reading Return to the Home of Your Soul
We welcome Christmas with stories, carols and special music, and candles. Come to sing the familiar songs that are always powerful, and experience the magic of candlelight in the darkness. 7pm Music: Salish Sea Choir, accompanied by Ikue Goldstein 9pm Music: Pat Rodgers, piano
The winter holidays incorporate lights of all kinds, from menorah candles and the eastern star to New Year’s sparklers and solstice bonfires. On this first morning after the long night of Winter Solstice, our sermon explores the myriad lights of the holiday season, especially the light inside us all.
Music: Salish Sea Choir accompanied by Ikue Goldstein
Whether we are at the bedside of a loved one dying, or at the side of a stranger we have only just met, there comes a point when we must make important choices. Will we respond with courage and commitment? Will we recognize the greater good and the bonds of kinship of which we are a part? What does does it mean to choose love?
Music: Helen Lauritzen, piano
